Welcome!!

Hello,
This is Lupita Perez, creator of this blog. In this blog you will see various text and media. The information shown now is related to activities done in my AP English class. I am working on adding and fixing the blog to make the information more related to the AP English Literature Test. Feel free to leave any comments or questions.

**This blog is still under construction!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

"A Tale of Two Cities" Practice Questions

1) What object does Doctor Manette keep to escape “in spirit” during his time in jail?

It’s a Lock of his wife’s hair.

2) What is the code name that the three men in the wine shop?

They call each other the Jacques.

3) Why did the drivers of the coach hesitate to stop for the messenger?

They feared they would be robbers, because it’s really hard to trust people.


4) What skill did Doctor Manette develop during his time in jail to pass time.

He practiced shoemaking

5) After the wine carton fell, what did the people around it do?
The men used their hands to drink it and the women soaked it up with their handkerchiefs.

6) What might the broken wine cask symbolize?

It symbolizes the bloodshed of the French Revolution.

7) What was Darnay being tried for in court?

For being a spy and informing the enemy of the plans they had to attack.

8) Dickens compares a character to a jackal, which one was it?

Sydney Carton

9) What does Carton do after Darnay leaves?

He curses his own imagine in the mirror.

10) Carton claims something important about his life, what was it?

That he has no choice but to live in “rust and repose.”

No comments:

Post a Comment